Romance Novelist Campbell ’09 Turns into Jeopardy! Star

John Campbell ’09 earned $37,400 on three appearances on Jeopardy! Oct. 15-17. Campbell’s recent celebrity has stirred up significant curiosity among viewers regarding his romance novels, as he his one of the rare male authors in a genre dominated by female writers and readers. Despite Jeopardy! fans’ pleas and a potential increase in sales, he refuses to reveal his pen name. Campbell values his privacy and the freedom his alias allows him. “I think people should read books that appeal to them, that they enjoy, not because I’m the person writing them,” he said.